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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Residential Architecture"”.
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A.W.N. Pugin's English residential architecture in its context
… investigates all of A.W.N. Pugin’s known English residential architecture for the first time, placing it in the context of the domestic and institutional architecture of comparable small buildings, particularly Anglican parsonages, of the period in which he lived and worked. The Dissertation is …
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Modernism and dwelling : residential architecture in early republican Turkey
… radical and abrupt transformations when modern architecture was introduced into the architectural culture: Although precedents of modern architecture existed in the pre-Republican period, the official Republican ideology incited the introduction of modern architecture into Turkey. Despite the …
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Celebrating diversity : an exploration into African contributions to Caribbean residential architecture
… represents a way of thinking about the impact of architecture on culture and of culture on architecture. The len~ for this focus is the contributions of African people brought to the Caribbean during the European Slave Trade (1520's--1860's). As it essentially was a world region where the …
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Habitable wall as a design strategy for enclave housing : a proposal for an urban residential architecture
… Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1982.
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The phenomenology of a modern architect and his sense of place: Henry Klumb's residential architecture in Puerto Rico, 1944-1975
… defining and demonstrable quality of his life in architecture. It was characterized by a heartfelt affection for various places where he lived and worked, and for the local populations at those places. These places and peoples included Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, the American desert Southwest …
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Towards a post-industrial architecture : design and construction of houses for the information age
The design and construction of modern residential architecture, which came into critical focus by architects of the Machine Age, continues to be a priority in the architectural discourse. For Modern architects, the desire to relate the house to industrial processes was an aesthetic and social …
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Evolving the Suburbs
… family home is a building type synonymous with residential architecture among many in the United States. The notion that the ideal built character of a dwelling is a private structure, built on private land, and owned by a private entity is as old as that ownership equating to power in human …
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The Morisco House in Granada : domestic space in cultural transition
… themes are particularly apparent in the case of residential architecture of the Moriscos, a cultural group of former Muslims forcibly converted to Christianity in 15th and 16th century Spain following the Reconquest. The Morisco houses of Granada from 1500-1570 reveal architectural forms …
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A wall between the sacred and the profane
… U.S.460. Though a large amount of commercial and residential architecture has accompanied this growth, there has been no sacred architecture to complement any of this secular construction. With this in mind, a rolling pasture along Price's Fork Road west of U.S.46O was chosen as the site for a new …
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Houses and households in early Icelandic society: geoarchaeology and the interpretation of social space
… of its first 200 year,s. It examines Viking Age residential architecture in Iceland at new levels of detail and with new methods, including geoarchaeological techniques to enhance the interpretation of activity areas in individual buildings, and space syntax analysis to facilitate the comparison …
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Adding value : an architect's retaliation against the mortgage industry and a computational investigation into do-it-yourself design-build
… solution. The thesis presents a holistic view of residential architecture, taking into account the social, economic, technical, and geographical constituents comprising the current realities and the present possibilities of American homeownership. Specifically, this thesis demonstrates the …
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The Rab' in Cairo : a window on Mamluk architecture and urbanism
This dissertation is a reassessment of Mamluk architecture and urbanism in Cairo, based on a detailed study of one of the more important elements in its urban fabric, the rab' or apartment building. This building type is investigated via its extant examples and the extensive archival collection …
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Living on the edge : Nature & Society - Re-imagining architecture through Thirdspace
… Nature is under attack by urbanism, where architecture may act as a mediator by providing a platform for a new kind of urban form to manifest through coexistence. Where a neglected firebreak periphery once enforced a disconnected nature from society, it now presents an opportunity for a …
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The trouser under the cloth : Ceylon/Sri Lanka, personal space in the decolonization
… lifestyle which extend to the choices made of residential architecture in each period. The period before independence, 'The trouser under the cloth', i.s influenced by colonial projections of self, imposed by the colonial administration. The period after independence, 'Personal space in …
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The Pause: Re-Thinking Housing Through a Lens of Social Isolation and Loneliness
… explores the profound impact of contemporary residential architecture on social interaction and a sense of belonging among dwellers. Based on personal experiences in the United States, a critical examination reveals a prevailing trend towards isolation within modern living spaces, fostering …
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A residence for Ocean City, Maryland
… and its home are the basis of our civilization, residential architecture is of lasting significance. While within and about the home the individual comes under its influence, and his physical and emotional health are greatly affected. Physiologically he is affected by temperature, ventilation, …
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Live-work artisan's community in Old Town Alexandria, Virginia
… to understand how to design dwellings and plan residential developments that would provide privacy and comfort for their residents, while becoming an integral and sustainable part of a larger community. A client (either a developer, or a committee of future residents), as well as local …
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Cameron Street Housing: an exercise in urban residential design
… more attractive and efficient built environment, residential architecture must be incorporated into the fabric of the city. The most successful cities have a mixture of business and residential activities. In most cities, business flourishes in the center, while housing is pushed out to the edges. …
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Housing La Habana Vieja: Reframing the Formal and Informal Vernacular
… to and division of the highly articulated residential architecture in Havana have a pervasive impact on the building structure and exacerbates the decay of the built environment. The formal typologies established to define thresholds and transition between public and private spaces are as …
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Ethnicity and habitat : a comparison of indigenous and Afghan migrant settlements in Quetta, Pakistan
… in Quetta, Pakistan, and their reflection in the residential architecture created by the people.
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